Discipline of Accounting, Governance and Regulation
ACCT6029 – Case study 1
General Description
This Case study 1 individual assessment is worth 15% of your final grade and is compulsory which means you must undertake this assessment, otherwise you will receive zero mark (0) for this assessment. The deadline for submitting this assignment via Canvas is 31 Mar 2025 at 23:59.
You are required to submit the files via Turnitin, the university’s plagiarism software. Serious penalties may be applied if a student is found to have engaged in plagiarism. The filename of your submitted assignment should also be your SID. Please ensure you submit well before the due time in case there are problems. Turnitin in Canvas may not automatically email a digital receipt. Once you have successfully submitted your assignment, a time and date stamp will appear next to your submission. Should submission problems arise, you should contact the University’s ICT Service Desk on 02 9351 2000 or email ict.support@sydney.edu.au
For the written report (Microsoft word doc) you should apply the following page set-up and formatting.
Font: 12pt Times New Roman.
Margins: 2.5cm in all sides.
Line spacing: 1.5 lines.
Length: 1500 words. Information provided in appendices/references will not be counted as words.
Assessment task (30 marks - will be converted to 15%):
There are four main tasks (A to D) for this Case Study 1. Task A to C will need to be completed in word doc and Task D is just uploading executed Jupyter notebook.
Task A:
Problem Definition: define a problem that you would like to explore with a clear motivation (why it’s important!). (6 marks)
Hints: you probably want to go through WRDS first to see data availability, then define a problem. You may have a fantastic idea that you would like to explore but ifthere is no data then you can’t analyse!! You can either choose classification or regression issue.
Task B:
Data Collection: discuss data collection procedure and cleaning process. You will need to download and merge at least two datasets from https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/login/ (6 marks)
Task C:
Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): perform. (present) and analyse/describe the EDA that you have undertaken. (15 marks)
Task D: Executed Jupyter notebook with step-by-step code. (3 marks)
You are required to write consciously. You can copy and paste output/images from Jupyter notebook, and follow logical orders (steps). You will need to upload both the word doc and Executed Jupyter notebook. You don’t need to provide the data at this stage, but you must save the data for two reasons: a) the marker may ask for the data ifany suspicious warrants arise and b) the same data could be used for your case study 2.
Grade Descriptors:
Due to the specific nature of this assignment, students are advised generic submissions will not score high marks as the assignment requirements will not be met. The following can at best be considered as a general indication, assuming consistency in quality of component parts.
High Distinction The attempted solution substantially exceeds minimal requirements, and is consistent and coherent. It excels in substantive content and demonstrates professional communication skills. It reflects consideration of your own well developed perspectives and is framed in your own words.
Distinction The attempted solution substantially exceeds minimal requirements across most tasks and through effective communication demonstrates a strong understanding of the issues and relevant requirements. Good development of your own perspectives.
Credit The attempted solution exceeds minimal requirements across most tasks, but is less well developed, less framing in your own words (e.g. dull reproduction), some errors or omissions in application.
Pass A minimal standard is reached across various aspects of the task.
Fail The task is not completed. The solution does not reflect an appropriate understanding of the question/assigned task. Poorly developed responses.